All American Meats, a Nebraskan company, is recalling over 150,000 pounds of their ground beef owing to possible E.coli contamination. The recall was issued after tinted beef was found and tracked back to the company based in Omaha.

On Sunday, the US Department of Agriculture has announced the recall; two days after a test came out to be positive for the presence of E.coli. The beef was produced on October 16 and the problem was spotted on October 30.

Dr. Lawrence Robey, Madison County Health Officer, said, “If there's a recall sometimes you can take it back from where you bought the product and if there's any questions about it, it's always safer to throw it away”.

The meats, which come under recall, have a sell-by date of November 3. The company said that 60 and 80 pound packages have been sold of the product. The product was distributed across the nation. For now, no report of illness with regard to the matter has been made.

Robey said that the best thing to do is to throw away the tainted product. E. coli bacteria attack a person’s lower stomach. Its symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, and nausea and it is important to treat it as soon as possible.

Robey also added that people should not think that if they will cook the product then the organism will be killed. If things do not go right way then there may have a serious problem.

The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Central Time) Monday through Friday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Sunday that All American Meats Inc. is recalling the meat that was sold to retailers nationwide. No illnesses have been linked to the beef.

The recalled meat was produced on Oct. 16, and it was sold in either 60-pound or 80-pound packages.

All the meat that is being recalled had a sell-by date of Nov. 3 and establishment number 20420 in the USDA inspection stamp.

E. coli can be potentially lethal and can cause dehydration, bloody diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. The infection can occur in people of any age but is most common among kids under age 5 and the elderly. While most patients recover in a week’s time, some develop hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a kind of kidney failure.